AN MP who was called boring by the editor of Newsnight has said that she feels "humiliated and frustrated."

Reeves appeared on Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman the same night as Chris Huhne and the Arctic Monkeys

Rachel Reeves, who is a Labour senior frontbencher and shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, appeared on the show for an interview Monday night.

However, that night, editor Ian Katz called her "boring, snoring" in a message sent out to his 26,000 Twitter followers.

Mr Katz, who only started his job two weeks ago, apparently meant to send the insult via DM (direct message) to a friend, but accidentally tweeted the message instead. He wrote on his Twitter account @iankatz1000: "Tnks … except for boring snoring rachel reeves. Playout was fun tho, wasn't it? telly MUCH netter [sic] than snooooozepapers innit." Reeves had featured on the show along with disgraced politician Chris Huhne and the Arctic Monkeys.

Ian Katz accidentally sent out the insulting tweet to his followers [TWITTER]

Reeves admitted that amidst the high-profile guests her interview may have been less interesting, saying: "'Maybe in between such fun and excitement I was a bit boring."

I think people would prefer a chief secretary to the treasury who can add up the numbers

Rachel Reeves

However, although she accepted Katz's apology, she maintained that she was hurt by the comment. Regarding the apology, she told the Guardian: "I just said obviously I accept your apology, but I told him how I felt. That I felt slightly humiliated, and frustrated that this is now going to define my return to politics."

She added: "You know, at the community meeting I went to yesterday there weren't many opportunities to display a fantastic sense of humour or great wit. It was about the nitty-gritty. And I think people would prefer a chief secretary to the treasury who can add up the numbers."

Katz has both publicly apologised to Reeves and sent her a private message on Twitter.